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Villanova University's Professional Education Online offers a variety of dynamic, online professional certificate programs. No classroom attendance is required, so you can complete your coursework at home or on the road, on your own time - and still reap the many rewards you want and deserve.
You can earn a Villanova University Certificate of Achievement in high-demand professional disciplines like:
Accreditation
Villanova and its programs have received accreditation through the Middle States Association of Colleges and secondary Schools, the AACSB International, and the Computing Science Accreditation Board.
Contract Management (Certificate)
Contract Management plays a critical role in any organization. The market is increasingly becoming competitive, fast-paced, and global. As technology impacts the exchange of products and services in the market, companies are challenged by the changes in the associated contracting vehicles and practices. As a result, the modern contract manager's role is constantly expanding.
In these contract management classes and certificate programs, you will gain the skills and understandings you can use immediately to function successfully in a contract management job. By studying online, you will learn the procurement process, the legal basis for entering into contracts, the benefits and pitfalls of doing business with the Government, and how to perform the myriad of administrative tasks necessary to track and report on taxpayers' money.
Human Resource Management (Master's Certificate)
Managing employees is critical to every organization’s success. To be an effective Human Resources (HR) leader, you need to learn complex concepts such as strategic management, workforce planning, human resource development, and organizational management. You’ll also need practical skills to implement these concepts into your HR job. Villanova’s Master Certificate in Human Resource Management is designed for HR professionals including HR administrators, staffing specialists and recruiters, HR generalists and specialists, trainers and anyone with a Human Resources career who wants to position themselves as an expert in this area.
Organizational Leadership (Master Certificate)
Earning Villanova University’s Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership online will help you become a highly productive, organized and outstanding leader within your organization. Our Organizational Leadership program is for anyone seeking tactical management skills in a specialized area. The master certificate program promotes personal confidence, professional integrity and management techniques used by the country’s top business leaders.
Master certificate students are exposed to strategies used daily in the corporate environment including fiscal planning, philosophy and ethics, employee communication and individual development
Six Sigma - Healthcare (Master Certificate)
This online Master Certificate program teaches you solutions to unique problems in the healthcare industry using Six Sigma techniques. This proven methodology eliminates non value-added steps and reduces defects and variation. This results in more efficient processes, better patient care and a stronger bottom line. Professionals discover how Six Sigma and Lean strategies fit into a larger management system and how to apply techniques to solve and prevent critical healthcare process issues.
Take all three Six Sigma courses and earn a Master Certificate in Six Sigma – Healthcare. Earning a master certificate demonstrates thorough Six Sigma understanding, as well as a solid commitment to continuing education. Courses include:
• Six Sigma Green Belt – Healthcare
• Lean Six Sigma
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Software Testing (Master Certificate)
Software bugs are so prevalent and detrimental that they cost the U.S. economy an estimated $59.5 billion annually, according to the Department of Commerce. Villanova University's Software Testing program helps Internet Technology (IT) professionals, or those who want to transition into the software testing part of the IT field, become highly productive and effective testing professionals, managers and leaders. Three eight-week online courses prepare you for today's rigorous testing demands while providing powerful tools and techniques to help you earn industry-recognized certification from the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB®).
This Master Certificate program is ideal for test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, software developers or other IT professionals who may be expected to obtain advanced credentials.
Information Systems Security (Certificate)
We’re all aware that hackers and cyber-terrorists have pushed corporations to new levels of alert, creating the need for heightened security measures to protect both infrastructure and data. Now you can get up-to-the-minute skills to combat threats, prevent attacks and remedy unanticipated casualties by earning your Master Certificate in Information Systems (IS) Security - 100% online! You'll learn proven techniques for assessing risks and safeguarding corporate data, plus you'll earn prestigious credentials from one of the nation's top universities!
Your Master Certificate in IS Security can be earned by completing three required courses and one elective. Each online course prepares you for the management demands of today's IT Security leader while providing valuable skills and advanced certification potential (Security+™) through CompTIA® (Computing Technology Industry Association) they can apply immediately at work. This master certificate and CompTIA's Security+™ certification focus on the midlevel security certification of professionals with networking and security experience.
Project Management-IS/IT (Certificate)
Information Technology professionals are at the front lines, charged with bringing increasingly complex projects in on time and within budget. This program utilizes its unique trademarked S.C.O.R.E. model and draws from the most current methods and the most experienced experts to enable the student to advance in responsibility, recognition and rewards.
Project Management (Certificate)
Project Management is one of the world's most in-demand skill sets and is one of the fastest growing professional disciplines in North America. Project Management is used by large corporations, governments, and smaller organizations to standardize and reduce the tasks necessary to complete a project in the most effective and efficient manner.
Students who master project management learn to lead improvement initiatives that result in measurable growth in return on investment, economic value added, sales growth, customer satisfaction and retention, market share, time to market, employee satisfaction, and employee motivation. By enrolling, you will gain skills that you can use immediately in your current job and that will lead to career advancement in the future.
Villanova University's Professional Education Online offers a variety of dynamic, online professional certificate programs. No classroom attendance is required, so you can complete your coursework at home or on the road, on your own time - and still reap the many rewards you want and deserve.
You can earn a Villanova University Certificate of Achievement in high-demand professional disciplines like:
Accreditation
Villanova and its programs have received accreditation through the Middle States Association of Colleges and secondary Schools, the AACSB International, and the Computing Science Accreditation Board.
Contract Management (Certificate)
Contract Management plays a critical role in any organization. The market is increasingly becoming competitive, fast-paced, and global. As technology impacts the exchange of products and services in the market, companies are challenged by the changes in the associated contracting vehicles and practices. As a result, the modern contract manager's role is constantly expanding.
In these contract management classes and certificate programs, you will gain the skills and understandings you can use immediately to function successfully in a contract management job. By studying online, you will learn the procurement process, the legal basis for entering into contracts, the benefits and pitfalls of doing business with the Government, and how to perform the myriad of administrative tasks necessary to track and report on taxpayers' money.
Human Resource Management (Master's Certificate)
Managing employees is critical to every organization’s success. To be an effective Human Resources (HR) leader, you need to learn complex concepts such as strategic management, workforce planning, human resource development, and organizational management. You’ll also need practical skills to implement these concepts into your HR job. Villanova’s Master Certificate in Human Resource Management is designed for HR professionals including HR administrators, staffing specialists and recruiters, HR generalists and specialists, trainers and anyone with a Human Resources career who wants to position themselves as an expert in this area.
Organizational Leadership (Master Certificate)
Earning Villanova University’s Master Certificate in Organizational Leadership online will help you become a highly productive, organized and outstanding leader within your organization. Our Organizational Leadership program is for anyone seeking tactical management skills in a specialized area. The master certificate program promotes personal confidence, professional integrity and management techniques used by the country’s top business leaders.
Master certificate students are exposed to strategies used daily in the corporate environment including fiscal planning, philosophy and ethics, employee communication and individual development
Six Sigma - Healthcare (Master Certificate)
This online Master Certificate program teaches you solutions to unique problems in the healthcare industry using Six Sigma techniques. This proven methodology eliminates non value-added steps and reduces defects and variation. This results in more efficient processes, better patient care and a stronger bottom line. Professionals discover how Six Sigma and Lean strategies fit into a larger management system and how to apply techniques to solve and prevent critical healthcare process issues.
Take all three Six Sigma courses and earn a Master Certificate in Six Sigma – Healthcare. Earning a master certificate demonstrates thorough Six Sigma understanding, as well as a solid commitment to continuing education. Courses include:
• Six Sigma Green Belt – Healthcare
• Lean Six Sigma
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Software Testing (Master Certificate)
Software bugs are so prevalent and detrimental that they cost the U.S. economy an estimated $59.5 billion annually, according to the Department of Commerce. Villanova University's Software Testing program helps Internet Technology (IT) professionals, or those who want to transition into the software testing part of the IT field, become highly productive and effective testing professionals, managers and leaders. Three eight-week online courses prepare you for today's rigorous testing demands while providing powerful tools and techniques to help you earn industry-recognized certification from the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB®).
This Master Certificate program is ideal for test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, software developers or other IT professionals who may be expected to obtain advanced credentials.
Information Systems Security (Certificate)
We’re all aware that hackers and cyber-terrorists have pushed corporations to new levels of alert, creating the need for heightened security measures to protect both infrastructure and data. Now you can get up-to-the-minute skills to combat threats, prevent attacks and remedy unanticipated casualties by earning your Master Certificate in Information Systems (IS) Security - 100% online! You'll learn proven techniques for assessing risks and safeguarding corporate data, plus you'll earn prestigious credentials from one of the nation's top universities!
Your Master Certificate in IS Security can be earned by completing three required courses and one elective. Each online course prepares you for the management demands of today's IT Security leader while providing valuable skills and advanced certification potential (Security+™) through CompTIA® (Computing Technology Industry Association) they can apply immediately at work. This master certificate and CompTIA's Security+™ certification focus on the midlevel security certification of professionals with networking and security experience.
Project Management-IS/IT (Certificate)
Information Technology professionals are at the front lines, charged with bringing increasingly complex projects in on time and within budget. This program utilizes its unique trademarked S.C.O.R.E. model and draws from the most current methods and the most experienced experts to enable the student to advance in responsibility, recognition and rewards.
Project Management (Certificate)
Project Management is one of the world's most in-demand skill sets and is one of the fastest growing professional disciplines in North America. Project Management is used by large corporations, governments, and smaller organizations to standardize and reduce the tasks necessary to complete a project in the most effective and efficient manner.
Students who master project management learn to lead improvement initiatives that result in measurable growth in return on investment, economic value added, sales growth, customer satisfaction and retention, market share, time to market, employee satisfaction, and employee motivation. By enrolling, you will gain skills that you can use immediately in your current job and that will lead to career advancement in the future.
